鳞
Ancient forms
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Meaning
lín lin2
- scales (of fish, snakes etc)
Words with 鳞
- 鱼鳞 yúlín fish scales
- 鳞片 línpiàn scale (of fish, reptiles etc)
- 鳞甲 línjiǎ scale
- 鳞伤 línshāng cuts and bruises like fish scales
- 鳞状 línzhuàng scaly
- 鳞翅 línchì scaly wing
- 逆鳞 nìlín (Chinese legend) a patch of scales on a dragon's neck that grow in the opposite direction, which when touched enrages the dragon
- 鳞茎 línjīng (botany) bulb
- 鳞翅目 línchìmù Lepidoptera (insect order including butterflies 蝶類|蝶类 and moths 蛾類|蛾类)
- 一鳞半爪 yīlínbànzhǎo lit. one scale and half a claw (idiom)
- 东鳞西爪 dōnglínxīzhǎo lit. a dragon's scale from the east and a dragon's claw from the west
- 遍体鳞伤 biàntǐlínshāng (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue